Buried clay pot watering

Trying out a method I read about in the book, "Gardening with less water," by David A. Bainbridge.  He uses buried clay pots, filled with water, to keep soil moist and reduce evaporation.  I am using this with directly sewn seeds from Burpee: Cook's custom BEET mix.

Spearmint

Seed package said 7-14 days till "seeds emerge" -- sure enough, it's been about 12 days till I got this microscopic sprout!

Artichoke

Transplanted 2 "green globe" heirloom artichokes into raised bed closest to the fense.  Tags on the plant say part-shade needed.  Purchased from Lowes.

Mint, beets, nasturtium

Starting spearmint seeds indoors today.  Planning to directly sow beets and nasturtium outside in the next week or two.

Lawn seed

Hand tilled a 9x6 ft patch of lawn in the back yard.  Planning to re seed lawn with this new bag of seed.

Soil Test

The back lawn is very dead despite the rain.  I did a soil test, which shows high alkaline, zero nitrogen, medium phosphorus, and medium potash.

Tomatoes for soup

Some had rotted bottoms.  Especially the ones with more sun exposure.